Player Piano : "On the edge of the flame"

(Art Union Corporation, 1991)

1- Freddie #1(0:37)
2- So-Sukan (1:52)
3- KanKanGakugaku (3:59)
4- Ai (4:07)
5- Berlin (3:14)
6- Naked (3:46)
7- Ushiro-no-Shomen (4:04)
8- Freddie #2 (0:28)

Player Piano :

Kato Hideki: voice, Turner fretless bass, Steinberger bass, double bass (6), computer programming (2-7)
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar
Makio: Sonor drums, guitar (2), stick bass (5), computer programming (1, 8)
Michiaki Tanaka: talking drum (4)

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Kido Natsuki + Haino Keiji + Katsui Yuji = Black Stage

(Maboroshi No sekai, 1996)

1- untitled (21'48'')
2- untitled (23'51'')
3- untitled (9'58'')

(All titles improvised)

Black Stage :

Kido Natsuki : acoustic guitar
Haino Keiji : vocal, guitars, flute, harp
Katsui Yuji : violin

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Yoshiaki Fujikawa & EastAsia Orchestra : "Origin"

(Mobys, 1985)

1- Dancer's image (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (10'29'')
2- So blessed (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (7'31'')
3- First dawn (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (24'04'')

musicians :

Yoshiaki Fujikawa : conductor, reeds
Tetsuji Yoshida : trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya : trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya : trombone
Haruki Satoh : trombone
Kazutoki Umezu : reeds
Eiichi Hayashi : reeds
Hiroaki Katayama : reeds
Suetoshi Shimizu : reeds
Masamiki Takano : reeds
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Yoshio Ikeda : bass
Nobuo Fujii : drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama : percussion

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Yoshiaki Fujikawa & EastAsia Orchestra : "Shoyoh Jurin"

(Mobys, 1984)

1- Bold and Able (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (11:37)
2- Ladiga (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (10:01)
3- Divine Gift (Indonesian folk song) (6:52)
4- Trival Chief--Pate Pote (Keiki Midorikawa) (12:10)
5- Never Say Die (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (3:38)

musicians :

Yoshiaki Fujikawa: conductor, reeds
Tetsuji Yoshida: trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya: trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Haruki Satoh: trombone
Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
Keizo Inoue: reeds
Hiroaki Katayama: reeds
Junji Hirose: reeds
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass
Sabu Toyozumi: drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama: percussion

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Fore : "ガイくん"

(Par records, 1995)

1. スクラッチ
2. ボトルトル
3. 月の下で踊ってる
4. FORE&FORE
5. ガイくん
6. SPACE OUT
7. さよさんのお年玉

musicians :

Yoshida Tetsuji : trumpet
Hashimoto Jun : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Minato Masafumi : drums

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Coil : "Get the coil"

(Maboroshi No Sekai, 1998)

1- Black Junk (Natsuki Kido) (5:54)
2- Chainwheel Boogie (Takeharu Hayakawa) (5:20)
3- Wild Life (Natsuki Kido) (5:34)
4- Crush to Death (Natsuki Kido) (6:26)
5- Smokin' with Ginger Cigarette' (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (6:36)
6- Sand (Natsuki Kido) (6:19)
7- Hot ax (Natsuki Kido) (9:02)
8- Curbon Food (Takeharu Hayakawa) (7:02)

Coil :

Natsuki Kido : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer
Takeharu Hayakawa : electric bass, acoustic bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : drums, percussion, trumpet

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Hayashi-Katayama : "Dè-Ga-Show !"

(Omagatoki, 1994)

1- North east
2- Aitai
3- Go-cart twist
4- Asamesimae
5- Yoruno Hatoba
6- Chili
7- Funk
8- Hana

musicians :

Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & baritone sax
Hayashi Eiichi: alto & soprano sax
Satoo Haruki : trombone
Suzuki Masanori : trumpet
Sakai Taizoo : guitar (left channel)
Matukawa Zyunnitirou : guitar (right channel)
Kamimura Katumasa : bass
Furusawa Ryojiro : drums

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Peril

(Dr Jim's/Survival)

1/ Kiken
2/ Exchange Rate
3/ Gold
4/ Peril
5/ Lurch
6/ Accidently Hoddle St
7/ Rotor Syndrome
8/ 50 - 144
9/ Free-Rock
10/ Left of Centre

Peril :

Tony Buck : drums, samples, machines
Kato Hideki : bass, voice
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables, guitar, tapes
Michael Sheridan : guitar

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Danger : "Danger II"

(Eastworld, 1985)

1 - Hataraku hitobito
2- Anoko to shopping
3- Ore wa yumei
4- Johin na neko mitaina

musicians :

Kiyoshiro Imawano (RC Succession) : vocal, guitar
Umezu Kazutoki : alto & soprano sax, clarinet, flute, synthesizer
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & bariton sax
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, percussion
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (3)
Miyazaki Masako : neko (4)

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nb : it's an EP (around 20')

Salt : "844"

(Omagatoki, 1991)

1- 844
2- Salami
3- Kome kome kome
4- Opasi rera
5- Kai-toh-sei
6- Infamous pizza
7- Senya ichiya
8- Kappa

musicians :

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar
Fujii Nobuo : drums

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Koichi Makigami & Ryoji Hojito : "Over that way"

(Long Arms, 2002)

1- A-OK (6:56)
2- Looking from Here (1:58)
3- That Way Knows Not (11:11)
4- The Truth of Two Tongues (3:14)
5- Song of the Unforeseeable (7:22)
6- History Lies Scattered About (2:38)
7- The Life of Neither Bird nor Frog (7:34)
8- A Japanese Trembling (2:01)
9- A Candid Legend of the Second Floor (8:49)
10- Language Always Crumbles (13:21)
11- Further That Way (2:47)

musicians :

Koichi Makigami: voice, mouth harp
Ryoji Hojito: piano, sound objects

recorded live at Dom on November 1, 2000 (during the voice festival Deep Throat or Dangerous Strings 2)

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Eiichi Hayashi & Mazuru

(Omagatoki, 1990)

1- Smoky god
2- Sky mirror
3- Cock wing
4- Big hole
5- Mazuru
6- Inside of the earth
7- Pentagon
8- Circle
9- Naadam

musicians :

Eiichi Hayashi : alto sax
Akihiro Ishiwatari : guitar
Tamio Kawabata : electric bass
Norikatsu Koreyasu : bass
Nobuo Fujii : drums
Takuji Kusumoto : drums

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Akihisa Tsuboy x Natsuki Kido duo = Era

(Poseidon)

1- Left window
2- 006
3- Crawler-A
4- Ripple
5- Seventeen
6- Foghone
7- New era has come

musicians :

Akihisa Tsuboy : violin
Natsuki Kido : guitar

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Katayama Hiroaki : "So-Kana"

(Omagatoki, 1992)

1- Drunkenstein
2- Nakama Ja Naika
3- Masu
4- Dinah
5- So-Kana
6- Santama sundown
7- Running back
8- Koutei

musicians :

Furusawa Ryojiro : drums, percussion
Mochizuki Hideaki : bass
Katoh Takayuki : guitar
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor sax

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Doctor Umezu Band (DUB) : "D"

(Omagatoki, 1986)

1- Mysterious tea

2- 17th kiss

3- Anatoria

4- We have many possibility

5- Let's drink

6- 1970

7- Surge

8- On a little boat to Aivalik

9- Teacher's runnin'

musicians :

Umezu Kazutoki : alto sax, flute, keyboards, etc.
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & baritone sax, etc.
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass, cello, turkish saz, kalimba, etc.
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, tabura, percussion, etc.

guests :

Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (2,3,5,7,8,9)
Yamamoto Mayu : keyboards (6,7)
Miyazaki Masako : vocal (1)

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Audio Sports : "Strange emotion"

(All Access)

1- Yellow Fever - Ancient and Modern
2- Banana - Joy Mix
3- Strange Emotion
4- Deciding not to Decide
5- Knife
6- Never Personal

musicians :

Aki Onda (1-4, 6): samples, programming, producer & arranger
Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizer, samples, gram-pot (1, 2, 4)
Tsuneo Imahori: guitar (1, 2, 4)
Mecken: bass (1, 4, 5)
Momo: additional synthesizer (1)
Greg Osby: sax (1, 4)
D-Zine: rap (2)
Jyoji Sawada (3): double bass, string arrangement
Yoichi Okabe: percussion (3, 5)
Miho Kudo: violin (3)
Hiroko Yanagawa: violin (3)
Ryoko Mochizuki: viola (3)
Naoya Mochizuki: cello (3)
Hubert Joignant: narration (3)
Vie Vie: voice (3)
Yutaka Ohara: bamboo horn (4)
Takahiro Hosoki: bass (5)
Kazutoki Umezu: sax (5)
Miki: vocal (5)
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables (6)
Aya: voice (6)

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A sweet treat... with Russia from love.

(No Man's Land)

1- #1 (19'26'')*
2- #2 (5'52'')

*live in 1997 at the Merge festival, Tokyo. This title contains three world famous russian songs and this suite is dedicated to the memory of russian "enfant terrible" & composer Sergey Kuryokhin (1954-1996).

musicians :

Leonid Soybelman : vocals, guitar, Casio rapman (1,2)
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables (1)
Umezu Kazutoki : sax & clarinet (1)
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums & objects (1)
Sachiko M : sampler (2)

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Now's the Time Workshop, Vol. 2

(Fun House, 1991)

1- Movin' In (Masahiko Osaka) (4:19)
2- Mil Dew (Johnny Griffin) (3:07)
3- Firework (Tomonao Hara) (6:31)
4- Trail of Troy (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (4:28)
5- Triton (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (4:07)
6- Melancholic Grace (Toshihiro Akamatsu) (6:08)
7- I Think So (Yoichi Murata) (4:11)
8- Vain Mind (Yoichi Murata) (4:43)
9- Oh! Edo (Yoichi Murata) (3:42)
10- Beyond Zion (Yoshihiko Katori) (3:57)
11- Le Voyant (Yoshihiko Katori) (9:32)
12- Last Words (Yoshihide Otomo) (3:50)
13- Terminal-Zero 1 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (0:47)
14- Terminal-Zero 2 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (1:10)
15- Terminal-Zero 3 (Yoshihide Otomo/Eye Yamatsuka) (1:06)
16- Autumn Story (3:42)
17- Lam Cheng-Ying (3:53)

musicians :

Yutaka Shiina Quintet (1-3) :

Yutaka Shiina: piano
Joh Yamada: alto sax
Tomonao Hara: trumpet
Tomoyuki Shima: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums
Toshihiro Akamatsu "A-Project" and Duet with Kazuhiko Michishita (4-6):
Toshihiro Akamatsu: vibraphone, keyboards
Yoshihiro Arita: banjo
Masaaki Imaizumi: piano
Yasushi Sugiyama: keyboards
Vagaboneds Suzuki: bass
Takemi Uemori: drums
Kazuhiko Michishita: guitar

Yoichi Murata Trad (7-9) :

Yoichi Murata: trombone
Eric Miyashiro: trumpet
Masakuni Takeno: tenor sax, soprano sax
Yoko Kanno: keyboards
Vagaboneds Suzuki: bass
Yasuo Sano: drums

Yoshihiko Katori Orchestra (10, 11) :

Yoshihiko Katori: vibraphone, piano
Akihiko Toyama: 1st trumpet
Yuji Osada: 2nd trumpet
Mike Price: 3rd trumpet
Tomonao Hara: 4th trumpet
Yoichi Murata: 1st trombone
Haruki Sato: 2nd trombone
Masahiko Kitahara: 3rd trombone
Kan Nishida: 4th trombone
Osamu Yoshida: 1st alto sax, flute, soprano sax
Tatsuya Sato: 2nd tenor sax, soprano sax
Seiji Tada: 3rd alto sax, flute
Eiji Otogawa: 4th tenor sax, flute
Atsushi Tsuzurano: 5th baritone sax
Toshiki Nunokawa: guitar
Koichi Osamu: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums

Yoshihide Otomo Ground-O (12-17) :

Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables
Hideki Kato: bass
Masahiro Uemura: drums
Syuichi Chino: keyboards
Junji Hirose: sax
Michiaki Tanaka: percussion
Eye Yamatsuka: vocal
Syu-Kei: narration

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NB : THANX A LOT TO ROTKAPPCHEN FOR SHARING THIS VOLUME TWO (and sorry for the delay...)

Now's The Time Workshop

(Fun House, 1990)

1- Richman's Song (Tomonao Hara) (3:18)
2- Sleepless Night (Makoto Oka) (6:10)
3- Strike Up the Band (George Gershwin) (3:17)
4- First Debut: Tribute to Philip K. Dick (Hiroshi Minami) (5:19)
5- Bird in Berlin (Hiroshi Minami) (5:51)
6- When Will the Blues Leave (Ornette Coleman) (1:31)
7- March for Ort in "C" (Kyoko Kuroda) (1:48)
8- Casa Batlló (Kyoko Kuroda) (5:38)
9- The Destroyed Machine Blues (Kyoko Kuroda) (5:36)
10- T.O.I.T.A.T.A. ((Atsushi Ikeda) (5:38)
11- Beluga (Issei Igarashi) (6:19)
12- The Way to Far Away (Taisei Aoki) (6:44)
13- Does Anyone Have No Chance? (Gaku Takanashi) (5:34)

musicians :

Makoto Oka Quintet (1-3):

Makoto Oka: alto sax, flute
Tomonao Hara: trumpet
Yutaka Shiina: piano
Masayuki Tawarayama: bass
Eiichiro Toyama: drums

Hiroshi Minami Neo Jazz Band (4-6):

Hiroshi Minami: piano
Masakuni Takeno: tenor sax, soprano sax
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
Daisuke Hara: drums

Kyoko Kuroda Ort (7-9):

Kyoko Kuroda: piano, toys
Yoichi Murata: trombone
Atsushi Ikeda: alto sax, soprano sax
Yasuo Shimada: bass
Kaoru Kida: drums
Yoshihide Otomo: turntable, CD, guitar, toys

Issei Igarashi Twin Horn Band (10, 11):

Issei Igarashi: trumpet
Atsushi Ikeda: alto sax, soprano sax
Masayuki Tawarayama: bass
Masahiko Osaka: drums

Aoo-Nashi (12, 13):

Gaku Takanashi: bass
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Jun Usuba: tenor sax, soprano sax
Yasuaki Maejima: keyboards
Nahame Menesello Casseb: drums, percussion

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NB : SPECIAL THANX TO ROTKAPPCHEN FOR SHARING THIS GREAT RECORD.

O-U

(Pawn House records)

1. Blivits
2. Waltz #4
3. Gymnesia
4. Shuyojo
5. Epistrophy/Variation (Thelonious Monk/Anton Webern)
6. Habanerege
7. Johnson Blues
8. Konzert op. 24 (Anton Webern)
9. Bugmeat
10. Mineral/Tasmania

live recordings : 1-6 : Manda-La 2 (1995) + 10 (1994) ; 7-9 : Inkstick (1988)

musicians :

Kazuto Shimizu : keyboards, clarinet, xylophone
Yuriko Mukoujima : violin, voice
Hitoshi Watanabe : bass
Reichi : drums, voice
Hiroyasu Yaguchi : saxophones (1-6, 10)
Osamu Matsumoto : trombone (1-6, 10)
Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (1-6, 10)
with:
Masami Shinoda : saxophones (7-9)
Tatsuo Kondo : keyboards, harmonica (7-9)

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Yutaka Fukuoka : "Yen calling documenta"

(Imperial records, 2000)

1- Mille a mille
2- Tapestry
3- Bacile
4- Figura
5- Terra rossa
6- Giugno
7- Talking about
8- Superficie bianca~Canone

musicians :

Yutaka Fukuoka : voice
Natsuki Kido : guitar (1,2,5,6,7)
Yoichi Okabe : percussion (4,6)
Haruki Adachi : piano (3)

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Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

(self-released)

1. Stravizauls
2. Kim
3. Not so long Don

musicians :

Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu : sax alto
Yoriyuki Harada : piano & bass clarinet
Ahmed Abdullah : trumpet
Rashid Shinan : drums
William Parker : bass

part1

part2

Amazing first and rare lp (rip 256 kbps) by this band leaded by mister Umezu & Harada, here with some legendary afro-american free musicians ! BIG THANX to Rotkappchen for sharing this fire music. I think there'll be some other happy surprises from him...

Tenko + Ikue Mori = Death Praxis

(What Next ?, 1993)

1. Magic
2. Bad seed
3. Hearse
4. Metal dream
5. Death mask
6. Economic noise
7. Fortune cookie
8. Rain
9. Glow worm
10. Where's missing
11. Confession
12. Lullaby
13. She
14. Death
15. Enticement
16. When the sun shines I can see your mind
17. I know you

musicians :

Tenko : vocals
Ikue Mori : drum machine

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Carmen Maki & Salamandre

(W-In records, 2003)

1- Trick star (5'36'')
2- Lilly was gone with windowpane (8'13'')
3- Sekai no Hate no Tabi (14'21'')
4- Over the rainbow (9'56'')
5- Sora to Riku no Majiwatta Tokoro (8'56'')
6- Kawaranai Mono (9'45'')

musicians :

Carmen Maki : vocal
Kido Natsuki : guitars
Katsui Yuji : electric violin
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums & percussion
Matsunaga Takayoshi : electric & acoustic bass

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Shelley Hirsch + Uchihashi Kazuhisa : "Duets"

(Innocent, 2002)

1- (2:45)
2- (4:40)
3- (4:47)
4- (5:10)
5- (2:34)
6- (15:32)
7- (11:33)
8- (9:27)

(all music improvised by Shelley Hirsch and Uchihashi Kazuhisa. Recorded live at Big Apple, Kobe, November 21, 2000)

musicians :

Shelley Hirsch: voice, electronics
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar, electronics

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Derek Bailey + The Ruins : "Tohjinbo"

(Paratactile, 1998)

1- Irakhioschukk
2- Kishnatass
3- Nibbimco

4- Ssuirakka

5- Naffrott
6- Vannachitta
7- Emmavorukk
8- Hyokkojick
9- Rakiosch
10- Menvortta
11- Bishumtsull
12- Tohjinbo

musicians :

Derek Bailey : guitar
Tatsuya Yoshida : drums, voice
Sasaki Hisashi : bass

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